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  • Quote: Originally posted by Leonis http://starrynight.com/ I have it and it's awesome I have it too - awesome is the only way you can describe starry night
    in Astronomy Software Comment by mccrab March 2004
  • three words... chickens home roost
    in Intel De-Emphasizing Clock Speed? Comment by mccrab March 2004
  • Make the two/three button mouse a BTO option - developers will therefore need to cater for one button as far as development is concerned (keeping the UI intact), but users can select something else if they want the benefits of a two/three button ver…
    in new mouse-trackpad? Comment by mccrab March 2004
  • Excel is a very good example of a poorly written Mac application - if you have sizeable spreadsheets and need to do serious data crunching (or calculations) forget it. It's a real pity too, because it performs extremely well under Windows and has a…
    in Excel: A CPU hog, Slow? Comment by mccrab February 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Carson O'Genic Not very tangential at all Frank777. I don't use Filemaker, just its little brother that is part of Appleworks, so I haven't been following the news that much on this app. I think i remember reading th…
    in Predict Apple's Office Suite ETA Comment by mccrab January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by tacojohn Hey everyone- I just ordered the Canon Digital Rebel! I'm very excited to get this camera! Does anyone else have one of these? What accessories should I get first? I only have a 64MB CF card right now- so a…
    in Just ordered the Canon 300D! Comment by mccrab January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Jubelum Rev B PowerMac for me.... I just can't squeeze much more out of this MDD dual. Can't handle much more DVD burning at 1X. Painful. What do you folks think that Rev C will bring? I've heard rumors that rev. …
    in What's your next Apple hardware purchase? Comment by mccrab January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by Kickaha You know, I was just researching this a few months ago, and ran across a sweet looking app that was shareware, cross-platform, and had tons of features. And now I can't remember the name, nor find a bookmark…
    in Is Quicken The Best Thing Out Here? Comment by mccrab December 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Eugene Is Avie even really an executive? He took a diminished role as Chief Software Technology Officer or something this year. I read this as a promotion because at the time it happened, OS X was more or less com…
    in Favorite Apple Executive? Comment by mccrab November 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by MacsRGood4U The stores look similar to The Gap From memory, Jobs and someone from The Gap had cross directorships for a period of time. I also recall Steve-O saying that he learned a lot about retail while he …
    in Apple Ginza Tokyo Store Photographs Comment by mccrab November 2003
  • I have been experiencing the what appears to be the same problem for months and have tried similar "fixes", but to no avail. The only thing I have noticed is that the problem appeared to get worse after I upgraded from an Airport base station to th…
    in Apple Apps losing WAN connectivity :???: Comment by mccrab November 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Chris Cuilla Another, related note of interest in Microsoft. Microsoft = 15% (of revenue) (About $7 BILLION) (Microsoft is spending 14X as much as Apple and yet they STILL cannot seem to come up with anythin…
    in Dell tops Apple in R&D Comment by mccrab November 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by cowerd Keynote already opens .ppt files. Don't recall hearing of Apple paying ransom for that. KFC and Cokes formulas are a trade secret which != proprietary. Despite that there is Pepsi and any number of crappy greasy…
    in Apple word processor Comment by mccrab November 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Matsu It doesn't matter what the percentage is as a portion of gross revenue, what they spend is what they spend , and they spend more. It used to be the case that Dell outspent Apple in R&D, but for the first t…
    in Dell tops Apple in R&D Comment by mccrab November 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Chinney Question: To get around this, could Apple release a wordprocessor based directly on the .doc format? MS might try to sue, but Apple could argue that .doc has become a de facto public standard and that it woul…
    in Apple word processor Comment by mccrab November 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by NOFEER what about more partnering with ibm, say ibm office suite, mac emulator, if there a market for an office suite other than MS? I've been thinking along these lines for a while... ...particularly given t…
    in what's gonna be left for macworld in jan? Comment by mccrab November 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by gobble gobble Hopefully iPhoto 3. My iPhoto library has gotten to the point where it's so slow that I can barely use it. I have about 3 Gb worth of photos, which I don't think is that uncommon. And, they need a comm…
    in what's gonna be left for macworld in jan? Comment by mccrab November 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Powerdoc Apple won't create his own cluster : it's a waste of money, and will be considered like a Megolamaniac demonstration. How can Apple develop and test clustering technologies/Xgrid if it doesn't have a clu…
    in Should Apple create its own cluster? Comment by mccrab November 2003
  • With the development of xGrid, what makes you think that they don't already have a sizeable cluster?
    in Should Apple create its own cluster? Comment by mccrab October 2003
  • I have owned four Canons - A40, S40 and recently acquired IXUS 400 (very portable) and 300D (SLR). These cameras have all been brilliant. Canon have a fantastic range, great software (for both mac & pc - on some models they include Adobe Photo…
    in Digital Camera Advice (merged) Comment by mccrab October 2003